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Do you Daydream ?

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It feels so real. You could hear your heartbeat ringing in your ears and feel the sweat dripping from your chin. India needs four runs to win off the last ball and you are to face the final ball. The next second you are in a success meet of your recent blockbuster movie. You enjoy the spotlight and giving a rousing speech. Suddenly, you are waltzing with your spouse in a college get together party. That was such a moment to savor. Only then you realize that you are sitting in your room and staring at the wall. You were interrupted by a Brownian moving ant on your arm. You brush it aside with a heavy sigh. It has been less than two minutes that you got distracted. You were working on something else. Photo Courtesy: Jeslyn The above-mentioned daydream pattern is not alien to us. The dreams and patterns might have changed but the phenomenon has remained from childhood. Daydreams are part of our lives. From the point of view of an economist, it is one of the factors which ‘ha